Counting Stars and Roses

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Hehe, I'm not quite sure where this idea came from, but here it is!

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Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon


May's POV

"Good morning, Mrs. Hayden," I greeted, standing at the doorway.

Mrs. Hayden smiled, coffee mug in hand. "Morning, May. What brings you here so early in the morning?"

"I'm here to wake up Drew for a morning jog," I grinned. "Would it be okay if I come in?"

She nodded, letting me in. I quickly ran up the stairs, taking them two by two until I reached a hallway of bedrooms. Reaching for the second door on the left, I opened the door and looked around the semi-messy room.

It was seven o'clock in the morning, and I wanted to get someone out and running. It might seem a little strange how the great Drew Hayden would accept to a morning jog, but I somehow pulled it off. Probably since I brought it up when he was half paying attention. But, hey! It worked!

Scanning the room, I noticed a few pieces of clothing around the room, other than that, it was mostly clean. In the middle of the room was the bed, containing the sleeping Drew. Dropping my bag by the door, I walked over to the bed.

No reaction.

Sitting down on the edge of the bed, I bounced on the edge of the amused.

"Wake up, Drew! Wake up!" I chanted, trying to get my boyfriend to get up. "Get up, get up!"

He let out some mumbles, but didn't get up.

"Dreeew!"

"What...?"

I instantly brightened up when I heard a response.

"Get up!" I exclaimed, shaking his shoulder. "You agreed to go on a morning jog with me!"

"I don't remember that..." he murmured, rolling over.

"Well, you did!" I said. "Come on!"

Nothing changed. Maybe I had to change tactics?

"Drew, wake up or I'll get Blaziken to use Blaze Kick on you," I said sweetly. "You wouldn't me to do that, would you?"

"You wouldn't," he said. "You're too nice."

I twitched. He knew me too well. Perhaps another form of threatening might work? Like...

I smirked.

Pulling out my phone, I skipped over to the other side of the bed and tore off his blankets to snap a picture.

"Now, Drew, if you don't get up within the next thirty seconds, your fans will get a picture of you sleeping," I snickered. "Then you'll be swarmed with fans and media, causing you to miss the next contest."

Getting a glare from Drew, I gave him my innocent smile.

"Delete the picture," he said, as he walked past me.

"Okay," I nodded, setting the photo as my phone's background before deleting. It wouldn't take Drew too long before he would take my phone and change it himself, but it would be fun while it lasted.

Glancing over at the time, I smiled. "Five minutes, new record."

...

"Slow down!" I panted, chasing after Drew.

"Nope!" he laughed. "Not until I finished changing your background."

"To what?!" I asked, trying to catch to him. "Another picture of yourself?"

"Aw, sounds like a good idea, if you want to see me all the time," Drew smirked, doing a hair flick.

How was he able to do all this while running backwards and mocking me?!

He continued to run ahead as I fumed after him. He held my phone up and a flash came from it. Stumbling from the flash, I crashed into his arms.

"Done." Drew declared, handing me back my phone.

Casting him a suspicious look, I checked my background. Me chasing after him. I giggled, seeing our expressions.

"So?" he asked, as we slowed down to go sit on a bench.

"It's perfect," I smiled.

"Of course," he smirked. "It was taken by me."

Laughing, I lightly punched his arm as he stood up and started to walk back to his house to eat breakfast.

Drew's POV

It was early, too early. Yet I had managed to get up to get my plan in progress. Making my way from the Pokémon Center to the Maples' house, I knocked on the door.

It was quickly opened by Mrs. Maple.

"Good morning, Drew," she exclaimed. "You're here early."

"Morning, Mrs. Maple," I greeted. "Yeah, is May up yet?"

"She still sleeping, would you like me to go wake her up?" she offered, opening the door for me to go in.

"I'll do it," I said, walking in. "I hope I'm not bothering you."

"Of course not," Mrs. Maple proclaimed. "You're always welcome here!"

As I was going to the staircase, a sleepy looking Max was trudging down the stairs with a book in hand. When he saw me, he looked more alert.

"What are you doing here, Drew?" he questioned, looking at me. From where we stood, he was actually my height for once.

"I'm going to wake up your sleeping sister," I answered.

He poked my chest. "You better not try anything funny."

I held my hands up in surrender. Was this a trait that ran in the male line of the Maples? Their protectiveness of May was overbearing sometimes, at least I could hold my ground while I was against them.

"Got it," I nodded. "Would you like me to recite your rules back for you?"

Max looked like he wanted to agree, but Mrs. Maple called out to him.

"Max, sweetie, leave the poor guy alone and come eat breakfast," Mrs. Maple exclaimed.

Relieved, I took this chance and ran up the stairs.

Opening a familiar door, I looked down at May curled up in bed fast asleep. She deep in sleep, probably not going to wake up for another hour or two.

At least, not if I could help it.

"Wake up, sleepy head," I urged, gently shaking her.

May turned away, trying to avoid me. Like she could just brush me off. I poked her sides, knowing she'll react.

"No...!" she mumbled, flinching away. "Let me sleep...!"

She buried herself into her blankets, hiding herself.

I checked the time, there was still sometime, but I wanted to get there early. What would get her out of bed...?

I snapped my fingers, an idea taking place.

"Come on, May, if you get up, we can go get pancakes," I bribed. Knowing this plan would work, I smirked.

One... two...

"Okay! I'm up!" May practically sprung out of bed. "I'll be ready in five minutes!"

Quietly chuckling to myself, I walked downstairs to wait for the brunette.

...

"I thought we were going to get pancakes," May said, following me.

We were walking up a hill, one that was a little ways away from everything. The dark sky was slowly growing lighter, so our timing worked out perfectly.

"We'll go get pancakes soon," I promised. I scanned the area. "I think here's good."

She sent me a question look as I took a seat on the hill, but sat down next to me. Sitting there with our hands in entwined, I could sense May wanted to ask why were here. Luckily, the sunrise started just then.

"Wow..." she breathed, eyes wide with amazement. "It's so pretty!"

"Not as pretty as you," I interjected, smirking.

May giggled, watching the sky turn various colours. I was more entranced by her expressions, they were all cute, it was hard for me to look away from any of them.

We sat there for a few minutes, letting the sunrise end before ending the silence.

"Pancakes?" May asked.

I nodded, "Let's go."

As we started walking again, May gave my hand a squeeze.

"Thanks, Drew." she whispered.

"No problem," I did a hair flick. "I'm just glad you actually got up in time to see it."

"What do you mean?!" she pouted.

I chuckled. "I'm glad to spend time with you."

Pleased with my answer, May continued to cheerful lead me to a pancake store. If she was happy, I was happy.


Well, after writing this, I've realized it takes much more than blackmail and food to get me out of bed, haha. I like my sleep too much! XD

The ending to Drew's was a little *cough* cliché, but I think it worked. :)

Thanks for reviews! I'm hoping you guys like it! :)

Thanks for reading and a have a terrific day!

~Skitty13